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D. BASCH.

BUSTLE. I No. 367,585. Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

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ATTORNEYS Nv PETERS. Photo-Maw, Wanhingion, D. C.

UNITED STATES DAVID BASCH, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUSTLE.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,585, dated Augu t2, 1887.

seen No. 233,109. (No model.)

To all 1.071.011? it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BASOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Bustles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in bustles, as set forth inthefollowing specification and claim, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bustleopened. Fig. 2 is afront elevation ofa bustle. Fig. 3 is a section inthe plane :10 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a manner of attaching a belt orbands to a bustle.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letters A,B, (3,1), and E indicate a series of hoops or loops, whichare jointed to one another. Pivots or pins F are shown as connecting thehoops. The hoops from A to E gradually increase in size, so that whenthe hoops are swung toward'one another the various hoops will rest onewithin the other, or will be telescoped. The hoops can thus becompressed into small space when exposed to pressure-such, for example,as is produced by the wearer sitting on the bustle. One or more bands,L, are connected to each of the hoops or loops, and said hands L limitthe separation or spreading of the hoops.

Springs G are coiled about the pins F, and the ends of the springs arerespectively secured to the outer and inner hoops. The tension of thesprings spreads the hoops or loops when said loops are free to move. Atthe same time the springs leave the hoops free to be tclescoped on anypressure being brought to bear on them.

A ribbon or belt, K, serves to attach the bustle to the wearer. The beltK is attached to cars or lugs llLsecured to one of the hoops.

To one of the loops is secured a fabric or webbing, H. The fabric ismade in two sections, connected by lacing I. By taking in or letting outthe lacing the hoops, which are made elastic, so that their ends yieldtoward or from their centers, can be given greater or less curvature, asdemanded by fashion or by the person of the wearer. The pivots F are ofsuch length as to allow the hoops to expand or contract laterallywithout becoming detached from the pivots. thus be contracted so as notto be too broad for the wearer. As too great a breadth of bustle maygive a widened appearance to the hips of the wearer, such breadth ofbustle is to be avoided.

The springs G, being made in separate pieces from the hoops, can becheaply manufactured and readily detached from the bustle when worn orinjured, to be replaced by new springs.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bustle consisting of the followingelements, to wit: a series of telescopic hoops gradually increasing insize from the inner to the outer one and having perforated ends, thepivot pins F, loosely passing respectively through the said ends, and onwhich the ends of all the hoops can move laterally, a spring, G,comprising two arms, secured respectively to the inner and outer hoops,the bands L, connected with the hoops, a fabric, H, extending across thebustle and secured to the inner hoop, and the belt K, secured to theinner hoop for attaching the bustle to the body, substantially asdescribed.

2. A bustle consisting of a series of telescopic hoops ofgradually-increasing size from the inner to the outer hoop, the pivotpins F, passing respectively through the ends of all the hoops, thesprings G, coiled on the piv ot-pins and having their two armsconnected, respectively, with the inner and outer hoops, substantiallyas described.

3. A bustle consisting of a series of telescopic hoops, A, B, O, D, andE, the pivot pins F, passing respectively through the ends of all thehoops, and on which pins the hoops can expand and contractlaterally, thesprings G, the sectional fabric H, secured to theinner hoop, A, andthelacing I, connecting the sections of the fabric, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID BASOH. [1. s]

\Vitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

The bustle can

